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To the Editor
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South Africa
Sir, A couple of months back our government announced its decision lo restore connections with South Africa in view of Ihe signs of changes in the attitude of the while rulers in that country. The passports issued since then stopped excluding that coun-try.
South Africa is a very resourceful country having a high per capita income. Even the black and Asian population haw a per capita income much higher than what wc have in Bangladesh. Vartouk professional groups have good opportunity lo obtain job in that country. There is scope for
marketing various labor in tensive industrial products from our country.
Recently an European lady who is normally resident in South Africa visited Bangladesh as a tourist. From discussion with the lady it was realized that an understanding about our country will generate a goodwill and a feeling of cooperation there which along with opportunity of business can be of help for our country.
It may be of some relevance to na-nlion here that the lady while in Dhaka tried to conUa l someone in Johannesburg lo know about market of some embroidered materials *he liked very much. She came to know that Jt was not possible to book a call to SA from Bangladesh. She could communicate a message through a friend In Bombay. If we do not change this policy very soon we will become dependent on Indian middlemen for business with SA.
It was also gathered tliul there was no suitable or reasonably priced air travel facility with that part of the globe.
Md. Anwarul llaq WestRaJa Bazar. Dhaka.
Domestic servants
Sir. I find it so difficult to keep my servants and run my house.
1 am a house-wife with a job at a school. The job remains a part-time one, yet I do not manage to control my servants, or provide an ideal home for my husband and two children.
As soon as a servant appears, I.ask him for his credentials. recommendations etc. More often than not they are fabricated.
There is then the problem of the poor women, let loose from "bazaars", who seek food and shelter, but arc out lo grab what they can. You medicate and tranquilities them but they have their eyes on the male members of the extended family. I do not mean to caste stones, but one has to be so careful when choosing a servant, that one is often beside oneself.
You teach servants of all shapes and sizes and of bolh sexes. But once they have learnt the art of cooking, cleaning or gardening, they leave for better prospects In Gulshan. Bananl, Dhanmondl and even owrscas.
I am weary of having my home converted into a training centre for the past 20 years. I have little another alternative. I wish In your columns, which 1 read avidly, I could find a solution to this Quixotic situation.
Ismat Ara, Hailey Road. Dhaka.
Environment
Sir, Protection of environment against all sorts of pollution is now a global issue. So many institutions have been formed In different countries of the world to generate people's consciousness for conservation of the environment. A pollution-free clean environment is essential for our healthy survival. Everyday our environment Is getting polluted by various means, such as, vehicle fume, radiation, toxic-wastes released by the mills and factories, noise etc. To keep our atmosphere clean, we have to take some effective measures urgently. We have to make our citizens aware of the pollution hazards and organize them to undertake group actions for protecting our cnvl-
ronment against pollution.
With a view to realizing the aforesaid objectives, a society called-'Bangladesh Society for Conservation of Environment" (BSCE) has been formed recently under the convenership of Prof Dr Abdullah A Haroon who actually took the initiative for setting up such forum. Engineer Emdadul Islam has been made the member-secretary of the eleven-member convening committee. This letter-writer Is also a number of the committee. Very soon we will hold our first convention and start practical work Initially on national basis in the field of conservation of environment.
We sincerely hope that all the quarters would extend thplr fullest cooperation in realizing the objectives of 1 BSCE. Let us conserve the environment.
M Zahidul Haque Assistant Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural Institute. Dhaka